Rudolf von Bassewitz

Rudolf Graf von Bassewitz (* July 21, 1881 in Wesselstorf / Mecklenburg ; † July 17, 1951 in Berchtesgaden ) was a German diplomat, most recently as chief of protocol .

family

He came from the old Mecklenburg family von Bassewitz and was born posthumously as the tenth child of Henning Graf von Bassewitz (Prebberede) and his second wife Adda Countess von Üxküll-Gyllenband . Through this there was a close family relationship with the resistance group around Claus Graf Stauffenberg and Nikolaus Graf Üxküll-Gyllenband , which, however, had no political impact. With his brothers Adolph and Ernst he was a co-owner of the Mecklenburg estates of Prebberede , Jahmen and Grieve.

Life and career

Rudolf Graf von Bassewitz as a soldier, ca.1901

Bassewitz attended the Eberhard Ludwig Gymnasium in Stuttgart and the Fridericianum in Davos, whereupon he did voluntary military service as a "one year old", most recently as first lieutenant in the reserve. He studied law in Bonn, where he joined the Corps Borussia in 1902 , Berlin and Königsberg.

In 1906 he began his service in the Foreign Office. In 1907 he was sent as an attaché to the Prussian legation in Rome (Vatican), then used in the trade policy department. Between 1909 and 1910 he was the legation secretary in St. Petersburg, later as a "permanent laborer" in the Reich Chancellery. Further stations were: Athens (from 1912), Vienna (1916–1917), Moscow (from 1918), Copenhagen (1920–1924) and Helsinki. In Moscow he was probably involved in the transfer of the murdered Count Mirbach . In 1929 he became consul general in Calcutta . (1929-1932). From 1932 he was head of the special section on protocol ("Chief of Protocol"). He had been on leave since 1935, and since 1936 he was decommissioned without giving a reason.

Publications

Rudolf Graf von Bassewitz: A diplomatic trip in the XX. Century, at J. Sittenfled, 1916, location not known

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cf. also Peter Hoffmann, Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and his brothers, Stuttgart 1992, pp. 27, 59
2. ^ Niekammer's Güter address books Volume IV, Mecklenburg Schwerin and Strelitz, Stettin 1908, pp. 71, 95
3. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 19 , 743
4. ↑ Biographical Handbook of the Foreign Service 1871 - 1945, Volume 1, Ed. AA -Historischer Dienst-
5. ↑ cf. The Weizsäcker Papers 1900–1932, Propylaea, no place, no year, p. 366,370
6. ^ Maximilian Terhalle : German National in Weimar: The political biography of the Reichstag delegate Otto Schmidt (-Hannover) 1888–1971, p. 50, books.google
7. ↑ His contacts to Bella Fromm during this time are reproduced in her book: When Hitler kisses my hand, Hamburg 1993, pp. 92, 101, 159, 240.
8. ^ Frederic von Rosenberg: Correspondence and files of the German diplomat (Winfried Becker, ed.), P. 186, books.google

predecessor	Office	successor
Heinrich Rüdt von Collenberg	German Consul General in Calcutta 1929–1932	Werner von Ow-Wachendorf